Joseph Fomusi Ndisang
University of Saskatchewan
Canada
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Biography
Joseph Fomusi Ndisang is an Associate Professor in the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine, Department of Physiology. He received postdoctoral training in Physiology at the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine from 200-2005. He received a PhD in Pharmacology & Toxicology from the University of Florence, Italy, 2000. He received a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from University of Florence, Italy in 1995. He has received several distinguished awards and distinctions including: Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA) in 2011; Fellow of the International College of Angiology (FICA) in 2007; Young Investigator Award by International College of Angiology (2007); Young Investigator Award by the American Society of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics- Division for Drug Discovery, Development & Regulatory Affairs (2005); Young Investigator Award by the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine (2005) He has published 36 manuscripts, 57 abstracts, 2 book chapters, 1 book and has served peer-reviewer for may highly reputed journals and funding agencies in United States, United kingdom and Canada and has also served as external PhD examiner in Canada and internationally .
Research Interest
His research is mainly focused on investigation the role of the heme oxygenase system in hypertension, diabetes (types-1 and -2), and obesity.